Reported health of the elderly: the Kiryat Ono census.

The reported diseases and health problems of 1,276 persons over the age of 65 interviewed in the 1978 census of the elderly in Kiryat Ono are presented here. More than half of the respondents reported having either heart disease, hypertension or diabetes, and one in five indicated that they had more than one. A strong relationship was found between the total number of conditions reported, drug-taking and the subjective feeling of health.